FRANCE 24 spoke to Ukraine’s former foreign minister,ย Dmytro Kuleba. With Donald Trump back in the White House, many believe that the US is ready to hand Vladimir Putin a win in his war against Ukraine. “Has Ukraine’s position worsened? It did”, Kuleb…
The war is exacerbating a demographics decline that had already started well before Putin ordered his troops across the border
Losing U.S. backing will be a blow, but Ukraine has the means to keep fighting with help from its European allies.
Holding elections while fighting an existential war would needlessly imperil Ukrainian cohesion โ and the Kremlin would have a field day.
Dmytro Kuleba,former Ukrainian minister, argued that Trump’s actions and statements have consistently opposed both Ukrainian and European interests.
At a time of intensifying great power competition, the EU has to choose between becoming a satrap of the U.S. or breaking free to steer its own course โ and it must decide quickly.
Euronews has spoken to former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba about his expectations from Europe and the Munich Security Conference.
Ukraine has sought to clean up defence spending as the war grinds towards its fourth year, an effort that has taken on greater importance as US President Donald Trump considers whether to continue supporting Kyiv’s military. For in-depth analysis and …
Swept aside in a cabinet reshuffle, Ukraine’s former foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba now teaches ‘diplomacy in wartime’ at Sciences Po university in Paris โ and is free to speak his mind.
Instability is growing, Putinโs hybrid war in Europe is heating up and for fear of escalation we have encouraged global nuclear proliferationThere are human activities in which both sides can win. War is not one of them. Either Ukraine wins this war or…
Three years in, Russiaโs invasion has drawn in dozens of countries.
Kyiv knows that it will have to recalibrate and take care not to get on Trumpโs bad side, hence Zelenskyyโs emphasizing the importance of exploring diplomatic solutions.
The former foreign minister on recent military setbacks โ and why Zelenskyy and Putin both see Trump as an opportunity
The war has done nothing to still the president’s populist impatience with the complexities of governing, and it’s playing against the country’s strengths.
Ukrainian president calls for Western pledges to be fulfilled “without delay.”
Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday (5 September) voted to appoint a new foreign minister, and two new deputy prime ministers as part of a major government overhaul.
He takes office as part of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s biggest Cabinet reshuffle.
A parliamentary majority and martial law mean the Ukrainian president has the right to assemble his government as he sees fit, but the opposition is crying foul.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is likely to look at restructuring government responsibilities after requesting a slew of top ministers to resign as part of the biggest shake-up of the wartime government, expected for Thursday.
Reported move by Dmytro Kuleba follows comments by Zelenskiy of the need to โstrengthen some areas in the governmentโVolodymyr Zelenskiy has spoken out after 5 people were killed in a Russian strike on Lviv, including a teenage girl.โEvery one of our p…
President carries out biggest government shake-up since start of war as deadly attacks continueA wide-ranging government shake-up is under way in Ukraine, with the foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, the latest key official to submit a letter of resignat…
Dmytro Kuleba, Kyiv’s top diplomat throughout Russia’s full-scale invasion, submits his resignation along with a slew of top officials.
Kuleba has been a key figure of Ukraine’s defence against Russia’s full-scale invasion, shoring up support from the EU, NATO and allies across the globe.
The death toll from the strikes was at least 51 on Tuesday evening, with more than 200 wounded. But it could “unfortunately increase significantly,” according to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
Dmytro Kuleba calls on Kyivโs Asian partners to consider increasing military aid to Ukraine after Moscow stages missile attack on KyivRussian forces are fighting in the eastern Ukrainian cities of Selydove and Ukrainsk, pro-Russian bloggers said on Mon…
Top Brussels diplomat Josep Borrell’s comments on Ukraine and the Middle East anger Budapest.
Ukraine on Thursday (29 August) intensified its push for Western approval to strike military targets deep inside Russia, urging allies to lift restrictions on the use of their donated long-range weapons.
Dmytro Kuleba has urged EU countries to take “bold decisions” and allow Ukraine to use donated weapons to strike deep into Russian territory.
The EU must convince Washington to “lift restrictions on long-range strikes on all legitimate military targets in Russia,โ Kyiv’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.
EUโs top diplomat says long-range weapons would boost Ukrainian self defence; Scholz says Kursk operation was secretive by necessity. What we know on day 911See all our Ukraine war coverageWestern suppliers should let Ukraine fire their powerful long-r…
Kerch bridge defences also hit in wave of attacks; Zelenskiy stands beside F-16 fighter jets, officially announcing their arrival. What we know on day 894See all our Ukraine war coverageUkraine sank a Russian submarine in Crimea, hit a Russian airfield…
Russia claims control of settlement adjoining Toretsk; Ukrainian strike on oil depot in Vozy, Kursk region. What we know on day 889 The US will arm F-16 fighter jets supplied by other allies to Ukraine with advanced American weapons including air-to-gr…
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba was received in Guangzhou on Wednesday. The prospect of a Trump presidency forcing Kyiv to accept peace at any price has prompted Kyiv to look for support.
Ukraineโs foreign minister calls on Hong Kong to prevent Russia from using region to circumvent sanctions; drone debris lands in Romania. What we know on day 884The Pentagon has found $2bn worth of additional errors in its calculations for ammunition, …
Ukraine’s top diplomat said on Wednesday (24 July), after a day of “very deep and concentrated” talks in China, that Kyiv was prepared for talks on the conflict with Russia provided Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity were fully respected.
On visit to China for talks, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi that Russia was not ready to negotiate an end to the war in โgood faithโ. A key Russian ally, Beijing has refuted claims that it is supporting R…
Zelenskiyโs and Kamala Harrisโs aides hold phone talks; Spanish pensioner jailed over anti-Ukraine letter bombs. What we know on day 882See all our Ukraine war coverageUkraine said its drones attacked a Russian ship used for military cargo moored at Ka…
Ukraine’s top diplomat will visit China on Tuesday (23 July) at the invitation of Beijing for talks that Kyiv said would focus on how to end Russia’s war in Ukraine and on a possible Chinese role in reaching a settlement.
Ukrainian foreign minister seeking ways for China to help end war; Hungary stripped of EU meeting over Orbรกn forays. What we know on day 881Ukraineโs foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, is in China on Tuesday for talks on how officials there might help en…
Ohio senator champions U.S. isolationalism and opposes aid for Ukraine.
NATO leaders on Wednesday (10 June) pledged more advanced air defence capabilities and offer more F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine to counter Russia’s intensified missile strikes on the country.
Though the Ukraine peace summit on Sunday (16 June) outlined a roadmap to peace, many key Global South countries – including Saudi Arabia, Mexico, India, Brazil, South Africa, and Indonesia – did not sign the final declaration.
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministerย Dmytro Kuleba granted an interview to FRANCE 24 on the sidelinesย of theย G7 summit in Italy, where Ukraine and the US are signing a ten-year bilateral security agreement. Kuleba called the deal a “landmark event”, noting that…
Barrage destroyed Russian air defences in Belgorod, US thinktank says; Kamala Harris to attend Swiss peace conference. What we know on day 832See all our Ukraine war coverageUkrainian forces have destroyed air defences inside Russia, โlikelyโ with the …
Amid heavy Russian attacks on Kharkiv, the West must send long-distance missiles, said Annalena Baerbock.
U.S. secretary of state’s visit comes as Russia’s assault on the Kharkiv region intensifies.
โWhat we do need is our partners to believe firmly that Ukraineโs victory is attainable,โ Kuleba told CNNโs Christiane Amanpour.
Row escalates while Russia holds upper hand on the battlefield.
Exclusive: Dmytro Kuleba hails US aid package but says allies need to increase arms production to help fight RussiaUkraine war โ live updatesUkraineโs foreign minister has enthusiastically praised US politicians for approving a long-delayed $61bn milit…
Washington’s support for Ukraine should not dispel a sense of urgency among EU countries, Ukraine and its allies warn.
EU member states are increasingly under pressure to provide Ukraine with urgently needed advanced air defence systems, but efforts are bogged down in national security considerations.
Former presidentโs comments are being described as a shift in tone days before Republicans vote on a multibillion-dollar aid package. What we know on day 786See all our Ukraine war coverageDonald Trump has said the survival of Ukraine is important to t…
The Westโs failure to send weapons to Kyiv is putting Putin on course for victory.ย
Ukrainian leader renews call for more US air defense systems as Russia pounds Kharkiv again.
Weapon deliveries need โto be done properly,โ a Pentagon spokesperson said.
Ukraine is still looking in from the cold while the alliance’s 32 member countries celebrate 75 years of military security.
If all else fails, Ukrainians hope their president can use his powers of persuasion to ensure continued U.S. support.
Support from Kyiv’s allies has proven underwhelming, but Ukraine itself has yet to pull the trigger on recruitment ahead of an expected Russian push.
Islamic Stateโs claim of responsibility for Friday’s terror attack hasnโt halted the clash of accusations between Moscow and Kyiv over the killings.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin didn’t have much to offer Kyiv during a meeting of allies organizing military aid for Ukraine.
Pope Francisโs anti-western views are well known โ and his new advice would lead not to peace, but a dangerous escalationThe suggestion from Pope Francis that Ukraine should have the โcourageโ to raise the โwhite flagโ and negotiate a settlement with (…
Russia’s war on Ukraine is “unjust” and must end, says Holy See’s top diplomat.
Ukraine speeds up construction of defences, UK intelligence says; Europe weapons imports double โ what we know on day 747See all our coverage of the war in UkraineThe Ukrainian film 20 Days in Mariupol, which was shot inside the besieged port city duri…
Francisโs failure to condemn Moscow as aggressor decried as โshamefulโ and โincomprehensibleโThe Ukrainian government has responded angrily and vowed never to surrender after Pope Francis said the country should have โthe courage to raise the white fla…
Macron raised the possibility that foreign troops could be sent to Ukraine, but Berlin and many other capitals object.
Confiscating frozen Russian assets would not only be fair, it would be legitimate. And this can happen as soon as the political will is there.
Attendees of the Munich Security Conference were worried about Ukraineโs prospects against Russia and American commitment to Kyiv.
At Munich Security Conference, American senator doubles-down on view that Ukraine should cede territory to Russia.
Zelenskiy pleads for more arms as troops pull out of Avdiivka; Biden promises he will โfightโ to get Ukraine โthe ammunition they needโSee all our Ukraine war coverageVolodymyr Zelenskiy issued a desperate plea for fresh arms on Saturday after Ukrainia…
Brussels and G7 could use money generated by the frozen funds to rebuild the war-struck country.
As Germany’s Olaf Scholz heads to the White House, Trump is blocking aid to Ukraine and potentially swaying the outcome of the war.
Ukraine urged the EU on Wednesday (7 February) to take “urgent steps” to increase deliveries of artillery shells, with the country increasingly outmanned and outgunned on the battlefield as the war nears its third year.
European parliament investigates Russian spy claims against Latvian MEP; pressure mounts on Hungaryโs Orbรกn to unblock EU aid to UkraineSee all our Russia-Ukraine coverageRussiaโs defence ministry said on Monday that its forces had taken control of the…
Airstrikes kill at least 18, says Zelenskiy; Turkish parliament OKs Sweden for Nato; Russians attacks probe for areas where Ukraine lacks firepowerSee all our Ukraine war coverageAt least 18 people were killed and more than 130 wounded in massive Russi…
The war in the Middle East and the U.S. presidential election also are vying for peopleโs thoughts.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy heads to Davos amid multinational push to find a formula for peace; Ukrainians urged to build DIY drones for the military See all our Ukraine coverageUkraine pushed ahead with its peace formula to end nearly two years of war with Ru…
France’s new foreign minister hails ‘new phase’ in weapons production with Ukraine.
French foreign minister vows continuing support during Kyiv visit; Russian priest faces expulsion over refusal to recite victory prayerFranceโs newly appointed foreign minister, Stรฉphane Sรฉjournรฉ, met Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv on …
The NATO-Ukraine Council gathers in Brussels on Wednesday amid unprecedented air attacks from Russia.
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, forced into a bomb shelter by an air alert in Kyiv on Sunday (7 January), pledged millions of dollars to NATO to help Ukraine avert Russian drone strikes and announced donations of generators and transformers.
At least five people die in wave of Russian strikes on Kyiv and Kharkiv; Russia accidentally bombs its own citySee all our Russia-Ukraine coverageRussian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and the north-eastern city of Kharkiv killed at least five peopl…
Hungary and Ukraine fatigue risk undermining “as long as it takes” vow.
Ukraine’s foreign minister warned European Union leaders Monday that if they fail to agree to open membership talks with Kyiv at their summit this week it will have “devastating consequences”. Dmytro Kuleba was in Brussels to attend a meeting of EU fo…
‘The next country that Russia may attack will be a European country, it will not be somewhere else,’ Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tells POLITICO.
Biden, the Republicans and Europe suddenly look small, while Putin and Xi stand tall.
We are pretty much becoming a de facto NATO army,โ Ukraineโs foreign minister says in his first NATO-Ukraine Council meeting.
Ukraine will be “an asset and not a burden” once it becomes a full member of the European Union, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told Euractiv ahead of an expected positive European Commission recommendation to open accession talks with Kyiv.
As the US loosens its ties with Ukraine and the EU pulls Kyiv closer, Brussels risks ending up having to shoulder a much larger share of the burden.
SNEAK PEEK โ The European Space Agency will hold a meeting today in Spain, to discuss the long-delayed Ariane 6 rocket system. โ France is muscling into new defense contracts in countries Russia considers its sphere of influence. โ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired his special operations forces commander without explanation. Goodย morning, and welcomeย toย Morningย Defense. Tips [โฆ]
US to provide $425m of additional military aid to Ukraine; Russia-appointed governor says nine dead in Ukraine missile attack in KhersonThe US will provide $425m worth of additional arms and equipment to Ukraine for its ongoing fight against Russiaโs i…
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Thursday (2 November) that Kyiv was confident about its quest to open EU membership talks this year, touting reforms it made even in the face of the Russian invasion. Speaking ahead of a conference…
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Monday (30 October) he was confident the US House of Representatives, in turmoil for weeks over the speaker’s job, would back a request for additional funds for Ukraine’s military.
Sweden says โexternal force or tamperingโ broke cable to Estonia; US seeks forfeiture of Russian-owned yacht worth $300mDamage to a telecommunications cable between Sweden and Estonia this month was caused by โexternal force or tamperingโ, the Swedish …
Swedish minister said the damage to a telecommunications cable earlier in October was through external โtamperingโWhat we know on day 607 of the Russia-Ukraine warUkraineโs foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has said Vladimir Putinโs Russia โis the most …
Amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministerย Dmytro Kuleba told FRANCE 24’s Marc Perelman that “Russia benefits from the war in the Middle East”. However, he said that Ukraine’s partners were “confident” that “politically”…
Moscow has to pay to rebuild Ukraine, the top diplomat says, telling Putin: ‘You broke it, you bought it.’
Tremors from America, Poland and Slovakia undercut the message that the West will stick with Kyiv in its war against Russia.
European Unionย foreign policy chiefย Josep Borrellย said on Monday that he proposed toย Ukraineย a new bilateral multi-annual envelope of the European peace facility of up to 5 billion euros ($5.26 billion) for the next year. “I hope we can reach an agree…
Foreign ministers in Kyiv react to Washington dropping support package for Ukraine.
‘We are here to express our solidarity,’ says top diplomat Josep Borrell.
